The 2022 World Series of Poker wrapped the last of its 88-event live tournament schedule in Las Vegas last week. But the action wasn’t quite complete. There was a Tournament of Champions to round everything out, one final chance at a WSOP bracelet. The TOC was a freeroll for all
On Day 49 of the 2022 World Series of Poker, the last of the 88-tournament schedule played to its last two winners. There were more events, such as the WSOP Online tournaments, which we’ll recap separately. There is the Tournament of Champions, which will recap in its entirety when it
Each year at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, there is at least one player who wins two bracelets. This has been happening for more than two decades. Last year, three players (Michael Addamo, Josh Arieh, and Jeremy Ausmus) did it. This year, Daniel Zack did it by
It happened. The Main Event found its 2022 world champion. It was a surreal day, for certain. The final three Main Event contenders returned to Bally’s in Las Vegas on Saturday to play for pieces of $20M. The third-place finisher would receive $4M, with $6M reserved for second and $10M
For the first time, the WSOP Main Event played down to ten players instead of nine. It sparked a debate about calling the final table an “official” one with only nine players but not ten. It matters because making the actual Main Event final table is a big deal –
The 2022 World Series of Poker is coming to and end. The next few days will see crowds lessen. Full-time summer campers are heading home. Many players are simply exhausted after seven weeks of nonstop poker action. There is an influx of people to the WSOP areas today, though, and
Skill is important in poker. Luck also plays an important role. Poker is a combination of factors, plus players battling each other’s mental state and endurance at the tables. The World Series of Poker Main Event puts this on display like no other tournament, especially when the field thins down
These last weeks and days of the 2022 World Series of Poker are tense. The Main Event is working slowly but steadily to reach a final table. Fan favorites bust out, new stories emerge from remaining players, and the coverage loops everyone into the action. Meanwhile, players not in the
The Main Event thinned its field to little more than 100 players on its fifth day of play. The main attraction at the 2022 World Series of Poker is at a serious point, one in which the money jumps become much more significant and the competition much tougher. Players are
The World Series of Poker announced this year’s inductee into the Poker Hall of Fame. That person is Layne Flack. The posthumous honor comes nearly one year after Flack’s untimely death. HOF Announcement Last year, the World Series of Poker established a new tradition for announcing Hall of Fame inductees.
Many tournaments are running again at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. There is the One More for One Drop and Lucky 7s, both of which offered unlimited reentries and several starting flights. There is a PLO bounty event, razz, and more to come. Most poker fans, however,
The biggest bubble in poker burst late last night. It was the money bubble in the Main Event. For many years, the money bubble didn’t come into play until Day 4, but last year and again this year, it happened on Day 3. It was late into the evening when
